An Unknown Girl
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675 - circa 1685
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
533 x 406 mm (21 x 16 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sherborne Park Estate, Gloucestershire
NT 562398
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Girl, English School, circa 1675-85. A painted portrait bust of a young tousle-headed girl wearing a green silk dress and pearl arm bands, previously attributed to school of Kneller, labelled 'Sir Peter Lely'.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Charles Dutton, 7th Baron Sherborne (1911 – 1982), along with the rest of the Sherborne Estate, to the National Trust in 1982
Credit line
Lodge Park, The Sherborne Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist